Tlingit Basket, Smoke/Midnight Red food plays a central role

food plays a central role as the amount and variety contribute to the prestige of the host family

'" - Robert Davidson

The designs can be quite dramatic

Wolf is a principal crest among many Northwest Coast cultures and in many regions is a figure related to hunting and fishing

Tlingit Basket, Smoke/Midnight Red food plays a central roleTlingit glass artist Preston Singletary is well known for these beautiful basket forms. He references objects like the traditional spruce root baskets from his Tlingit heritage in his glasswork as a way of rethinking and re contextualizing the item. In doing so he imbues these pieces with the elegance and beauty that the traditional woven forms are so well known for.